Many thanks to everyone who has written in regarding this query (I don't have an internet connection at home, hence the delayed response). I will go and try out your suggestion. Cheers, D.
-------- Original Message -------- From: Madhusudan E <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Apparently from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], gtk-app-devel-list@gnome.org Subject: RE: (Easy?) Newbie enquiry re: pointers Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2006 10:06:21 +0530 > > ||I am currently attempting to write my first GTK program, which is > || a graphical mp3 jukebox frontend to the mpg123 linux command. > ||I wish to have each button on a grid correspond to a different mp3 track. > ||To do this I pass a pointer to a string (the name of the mp3 file) to the > ||respective button callback functions. This all works > || well - the problem is that I have also built a 'reload button' > ||which refreshes all the strings so that the same button then plays a > || different track to before the reload. > || > ||The problem is that > || even though the strings the pointers point to do seem to change > || (I write them out on leaving gtk_main) the buttons still seem to point to > > ||the orignal strings, even though they have been overwirtten. > ||Thus the button seems locked on to the original mp3 filename > || even if I overwrite this string. > > While rebuilding the UI, you can use gtk_button_set_label() to change the > label name. It will reset the earlier labels used. Hope this helps. > > || > || > ||I guess this problem is perhaps easily overcome? (I can supply whatever > ||details you may require including the code itself). > > ||Many thanks, > || Dan. > ||p.s. I am new to GUI programming so please keep the advice at 'idiot > level'! > _______________________________________________ > gtk-app-devel-list mailing list > gtk-app-devel-list@gnome.org > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-app-devel-list > > > _______________________________________________ > gtk-app-devel-list mailing list > gtk-app-devel-list@gnome.org > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-app-devel-list _______________________________________________ gtk-app-devel-list mailing list gtk-app-devel-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-app-devel-list
